Geelong Hospital features in the latest additions to the Geelong and District database with the index of the book Visions & Realities: a history of the Geelong Infirmary & Benevolent Asylum by Dr W R (Roy) Lang.

It also includes the final part of the index to Pioneering Days: a woman’s life compiled by the Colac & District Family History Group. The complete index for this book contains 6,809 entries and provides a wonderful ‘local directory’ for people in the region. Where the same people appear multiple times, by referring to the entry in the book you will find the relevant years for each reference – a terrific resource. The book can be purchased from the Colac & District Family History Group.

We now have 1,420,041 recordsin the Geelong and District database. This is what’s been added since the last major update on 10 November:

It also includes the index to the next part to the book – Pioneering Days: a woman’s life compiled by the Colac & District Family History Group. The group spent almost 10 years compiling the data and so far, after indexing 150 pages, you can understand why the index is so important – there are already more than 4,100 entries! The book can be purchased from the Colac & District Family History Group.

The latest additions to the Geelong and District database and web site include the first part of the index to a new book – Pioneering Days: a woman’s life compiled by the Colac & District Family History Group. The group has spent almost 10 years compiling the data and it definitely warrants a full index. Apart from the terrific content, so many of the entries include funeral details from local newspapers which has resulted in a huge number of people mentioned throughout the book. It would be impossible to include all of these in the printed index, therefore it warranted a full computerised index.

Only 71 pages have been indexed so far but that has resulted in almost 2,000 entries. Multiple entries for people will let you check the book for the date of the funeral(s) and therefore act as a local directory for these people. The book can be purchased from the Colac & District Family History Group.

We also have more additions to the Geelong & District Midwives collection from the Victoria Government Gazette – it still amazes me how popular this series is!